Bureau of Meteorology predicted afternoon thunderstorms today. Still I felt we could take the chance to go down to the Gold Coast to cool down in the ocean and catch some waves with our bodyboards.
The whole trip was rather interesting to be honest.
The drive to and from Gold Coast amazes me each time. I have been told, by Aussies themselves, that Queensland driver’s have some what of a bad reputation on the road. Only having a Learner’s License I will and can not say I am an expert, but I can still have an opinion.
It amazes me that not more people die on the QLD roads already. How people drive is just scary. So many are incapable of following simple laws and common sense. I am actually more alert and nervous during rush-hour than when I can drive the maximum allowable speed. It doesn’t matter what the speed limit is, a lot of drivers gladly drive 10-20 km/h over the speed limit. Usually 60 km/h means 80km/h, 80km/h mean 100km/h and so on.
Of course, we can not forget the very causes driver’s who like to drive 10-20 km/h. I do not mind these people that much, if they drive in the left lane.
You will see a lot more signs in NSW telling you to ’stay in the left lane unless overtaking’. I see it becoming more and more common here in QLD, but no one really cares. If the road I am driving on has four lanes I sometimes have to merge all the way to the fourth the overtake and still be driving the speed limit; just because some people could not be asked to merge to the left lane when they are driving 80 km/h when the speed limit really is 100km/h.
And please do not get me started on tailgaters. I have lost count where we probably would have gotten a new car if I had slammed the brakes. Sometimes I tap the brakes to give the a quick scare, and the tend to back off.
I think a lot of people would disagree with me, but I honestly wish that the government would spend more money on funding highway patrol and speed cameras.
Just seeing how some drive that funding would soon be paid by the idiots incapable of following the law and common sense.
I have a sneaking suspicion that it must have been something in the water today.
At some of the patrolled beaches in Australia life guards put up red and yellow flags to indicate where it is safe for people to swim and avoid being caught in a rip. On each side of those flags you will find blue flags; and in the area surfers and bodyboarders can enjoy themselves. Beyond the blue flags you are on your own; or a surfer.
As Lizzie and I tried to stay in the area for surfers and bodyboarders we still had to do our best to avoid other people walking around in the water like zombies. A few times when Lizzie and I where moving away from these idiots they followed us. Problem was that we were trying to get away from these numbnuts so we could avoid running them over with our bodyboards.
I am sorry if some think I am rude, but you are a bloody fool if you stand behind someone with a bodyboard. We are not just in the ocean to cool down. We are also there to catch a few waves; that will sometimes send us toward the mainland at high-speed. I haven’t hit anyone yet, but it is still annoying trying to swerve and sometimes have to terminate a ride on a perfect wave you hitched a ride on.
I am getting better and bodyboarding and reading the waves. So soon I might take greater risks and catch greater waves; which means I might not be able to stop or swerve. Maybe I do not feel like stopping or swerving next time.
I kind of saw the same attitude in the ocean as I see on the road; every man for himself and no one else matters. Pure selfishness and ignorance towards people around them.
I guess I can only use that as motivation to get a really good bodyboard and get really good at it so I can play outside the flags with the big boys.
Note: Not feeling to good, so this article was kind of finished very abruptly and not as good as I hoped.
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